I carry Eve
through the fog
she munches
a crunchy pear
Monday, November 21, 2011
Boy/Girl
i
Wednesday in maths Miss Rolfe has it boy/girl
Boy spies glued to Girl's folder
Youki Kudoh and Masatoshi Nagase
from MYSTERY TRAIN
and he says - This plum from Japan
and she's all hey! and wow!
and he says quiet - Your dreads are incredible-looking
her long red dreads
and she she smiles
Irked, Miss Rolfe sighs loud
they zip it
ii
They shoulder their bags
she says - Thanks for saying about my dreads
You live up The Frying Pan, right?
he says - Uh-huh
I see you coming from The Hill
-It's me all right
not easily mistaken for some other girl
iii
Next lesson after the bell
he says - If you want you can stop in
do homework and such
She's keen
They work in the kitchen
a warm breeze in the foolscap
eraser shreds and water rings
iv
Next morning
she waits for him
He nods
she nods
that is that
no hand holding
v
One Saturday in May
Surya Namaskar
Supta Parivritasana
Sarvangasana
It's when she's in Shavasana
that he upside down kisses her
Her long fingers go through his hair
around his skull
Then his stuff her stuff
they play this
play that
a track
a side
CD
vinyl
hard drive
Hours and hours they up there
that one Saturday in May
vi
Then on the last ever day of school
a school tie bandana holds back her dreads
Where they can they walk in the shade
because she burns
He blows dust off vinyl
Jean Michel Jarre's REVOLUTIONS
folds up her uniform for her
He says something like
sometimes he wishes he could be her
She is still wet from her shower
wrapped in a towel
She takes the needle back to Tokyo Kid
They BBQ their school shit
the exercise books
homework records
and course work folders
Masatoshi Nagase and Youki Kudoh
and the school ties and all that's left is the bags
the dust and crumbs and staples in the bottom
Here is her mum and dad pulling up outside
in the Audi 8 just out of the car wash
she goes into her overnight bag
thrusts into his hand
Radiohead's OK COMPUTER blurting she knows he hates it but she wants him to have it and she knows he has things of hers which are things he likes but this is something she wants him to have which he doesn't like and she does not know why but it means more that way okay?
He says okay and she splits his lip
with a big smacker-oo
She puts her bag in the boot
slams it
slams her door getting in
waves out the back window
Then the bend in the road
He touches his lip and gets blood
goes in
goes upstairs
lies face down on his bed
and smells their smell
vii
Mum drops him for his four hours pushing trolleys
he clips on his clip on tie
He is urinating
when his supervisor finds him
puts her head around the door
and says can he get her out of a bind
and work four hours Wednesday 8 until 12?
He says okay because now he can
She says he has really got her out of a bind
The end of school forever
was just yesterday
He wonders does she want him
to actually listen to OK COMPUTER
or what?
viii
He strips off damp clothes
gets in a cool shower
He drops her CD into the tray
hits play and Airbag barges in
He lies on the bed and the room
fades out
He dreams movement
wakes up slowly
OK COMPUTER is over
and there is someone in the room
on him or moving around
and he is sure it's her in there with him
they have fallen asleep listening
and her head is on his arm
and his arm has gone to sleep
but he he is out again before he can make sense of it
before he can get his head around her being on her holidays
Wednesday in maths Miss Rolfe has it boy/girl
Boy spies glued to Girl's folder
Youki Kudoh and Masatoshi Nagase
from MYSTERY TRAIN
and he says - This plum from Japan
and she's all hey! and wow!
and he says quiet - Your dreads are incredible-looking
her long red dreads
and she she smiles
Irked, Miss Rolfe sighs loud
they zip it
ii
They shoulder their bags
she says - Thanks for saying about my dreads
You live up The Frying Pan, right?
he says - Uh-huh
I see you coming from The Hill
-It's me all right
not easily mistaken for some other girl
iii
Next lesson after the bell
he says - If you want you can stop in
do homework and such
She's keen
They work in the kitchen
a warm breeze in the foolscap
eraser shreds and water rings
iv
Next morning
she waits for him
He nods
she nods
that is that
no hand holding
v
One Saturday in May
Surya Namaskar
Supta Parivritasana
Sarvangasana
It's when she's in Shavasana
that he upside down kisses her
Her long fingers go through his hair
around his skull
Then his stuff her stuff
they play this
play that
a track
a side
CD
vinyl
hard drive
Hours and hours they up there
that one Saturday in May
vi
Then on the last ever day of school
a school tie bandana holds back her dreads
Where they can they walk in the shade
because she burns
He blows dust off vinyl
Jean Michel Jarre's REVOLUTIONS
folds up her uniform for her
He says something like
sometimes he wishes he could be her
She is still wet from her shower
wrapped in a towel
She takes the needle back to Tokyo Kid
They BBQ their school shit
the exercise books
homework records
and course work folders
Masatoshi Nagase and Youki Kudoh
and the school ties and all that's left is the bags
the dust and crumbs and staples in the bottom
Here is her mum and dad pulling up outside
in the Audi 8 just out of the car wash
she goes into her overnight bag
thrusts into his hand
Radiohead's OK COMPUTER blurting she knows he hates it but she wants him to have it and she knows he has things of hers which are things he likes but this is something she wants him to have which he doesn't like and she does not know why but it means more that way okay?
He says okay and she splits his lip
with a big smacker-oo
She puts her bag in the boot
slams it
slams her door getting in
waves out the back window
Then the bend in the road
He touches his lip and gets blood
goes in
goes upstairs
lies face down on his bed
and smells their smell
vii
Mum drops him for his four hours pushing trolleys
he clips on his clip on tie
He is urinating
when his supervisor finds him
puts her head around the door
and says can he get her out of a bind
and work four hours Wednesday 8 until 12?
He says okay because now he can
She says he has really got her out of a bind
The end of school forever
was just yesterday
He wonders does she want him
to actually listen to OK COMPUTER
or what?
viii
He strips off damp clothes
gets in a cool shower
He drops her CD into the tray
hits play and Airbag barges in
He lies on the bed and the room
fades out
He dreams movement
wakes up slowly
OK COMPUTER is over
and there is someone in the room
on him or moving around
and he is sure it's her in there with him
they have fallen asleep listening
and her head is on his arm
and his arm has gone to sleep
but he he is out again before he can make sense of it
before he can get his head around her being on her holidays
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Late July
i
Kid and Clanger get in
suitcases by the door
all the golf and tennis stuff
and Clanger's old skateboard
Clanger gets fridge biscuits
they sprawl
with pens and pencils and paper
Up and down the landing
Charlotte wrapped in a towel
her hair up
wrapped in a towel
swearing into the phone
blow drier going
some shouting from downstairs
The suitcases go in the car
Clanger
Charlotte
their mum and their dad
go in the car
Charlotte waves
even if Clanger doesn't
and Kid alone thinks shit
left his drawings up there
in Clanger's room
and they were some of his best
ii
Fortnight later
Charlotte comes up The Drop
through the trees
and knocks on the kitchen door
says here are his drawings
which she thinks are awesome
Kid takes back the pages
goes through them
remembers them being different
better
Charlotte says, I am here to tell you
that he went off
my fuckwit brother
with other boys. Undesireables
if you want to know my feeling.
Another feeling is that you are better off
without him for a friend. Knock knock
Kids says, Who's there?
Charlotte says, It's me, Charlotte
can I come in for a cup of tea
or something?
He used to get her bone crushing hugs
no warning
Now she just scrapes a chair
and sits down
says, Ask me what
if anything
I am going to do now
He asks and she says, Dental nurse
how about that?
Kid says, Pretty cool
and Charlotte says, Yeah, well
What shape is your summer in?
Kid says, Well
revisited The Rockford Files canon
That has been my main activity
of the summer so far
-Uh-huh
-Mm-hm. Thinking about The Alien Quadrology
Charlotte says, Oh yeah?
-Yeah
-Well, I am going to invite myself over for that
When do you want to start?
So Kid puts on his trainers
Charlotte says shit
didn't take off her shoes in his house
and Kid says that they are pretty relaxed
about that sort of thing
iii
Under her breath
Charlotte coaxes her old Morris
into town
is all
come on baby
you can do it
it's you and me
I love you baby
don't you worry about them
you can do it
and so on
The banger gets them there
takes them under the ground
Escalator takes them up
into mall air
iv
From Charlotte's
they go up The Drop
through the trees
Kid sees the grass growing back now
on that patch of ground
They put together feta and bread
tomatoes and olives
Kid puts his room into midday dark
loads Alien
they settle
Charlotte sprawled on his bed
Kid in the beanbag says, This is my place
Charlotte says, I get it
Kane
Brett
Dallas
Ash
Lambert
Parker
all dead
They stretch
movie stiffness
and silently clear away plates
Cold Dr Pepper in cans
and Aliens
Charlotte requests 'theatrical'
and says, It is my preference
Kid shrugs
loads it
then
Ripley drifting in space
Ripley's nightmares
Ripley freaks out regarding the synthetic
and Charlotte says, I have to wee
Aliens paused
and the sound of her urinating
Aliens unpaused
Ripley takes over
and
that is that
The sun comes around
comes in through the curtains
things warm up in there
with the window shut
against the road
Kid cooks spaghetti
while Charlotte peruses his stuff
Alien3 reconstructed edition
no question
Ripley grieves
shaves her head
she drops into molten lead
the end
They are quiet
Charlotte says, Do you think
she is stripped of her femininity
in that one?
Kid says, Stripped. Not of that
Skinny
vulnerable, exhausted
is how I would put it
The most beautiful Ripley
Kid clears away
Charlotte follows him down to the kitchen
Kid says, Push through?
Charlotte says, It would be unwise to stop
but I feel that an interlude is required
to establish some distance
and to exercise tired muscles
Kid says, Agreed. We could take the air
Charlotte says, Superb solution
They make a big loop
around the behind the school
Kid boils the kettle
makes instant coffee
then
Alien Resurrection
Charlotte shuffles around
gets out of her jeans
and under his duvet
they fall asleep
as the end crawl crawls
and then
it's Sunday
and birds are singing
v
Apples and bottled water
in his back pack
Kid at the end of the driveway
looks left
looks right
feels the pull
and goes right
into industrial estates
underpass
silent fair ground rides
and self-storage
that night dreams Charlotte
coming in through the open window
naked and wild
he comes inside her
and she jumps from the window
flies away
above the street lights
towards the refinery
Kid and Clanger get in
suitcases by the door
all the golf and tennis stuff
and Clanger's old skateboard
Clanger gets fridge biscuits
they sprawl
with pens and pencils and paper
Up and down the landing
Charlotte wrapped in a towel
her hair up
wrapped in a towel
swearing into the phone
blow drier going
some shouting from downstairs
The suitcases go in the car
Clanger
Charlotte
their mum and their dad
go in the car
Charlotte waves
even if Clanger doesn't
and Kid alone thinks shit
left his drawings up there
in Clanger's room
and they were some of his best
ii
Fortnight later
Charlotte comes up The Drop
through the trees
and knocks on the kitchen door
says here are his drawings
which she thinks are awesome
Kid takes back the pages
goes through them
remembers them being different
better
Charlotte says, I am here to tell you
that he went off
my fuckwit brother
with other boys. Undesireables
if you want to know my feeling.
Another feeling is that you are better off
without him for a friend. Knock knock
Kids says, Who's there?
Charlotte says, It's me, Charlotte
can I come in for a cup of tea
or something?
He used to get her bone crushing hugs
no warning
Now she just scrapes a chair
and sits down
says, Ask me what
if anything
I am going to do now
He asks and she says, Dental nurse
how about that?
Kid says, Pretty cool
and Charlotte says, Yeah, well
What shape is your summer in?
Kid says, Well
revisited The Rockford Files canon
That has been my main activity
of the summer so far
-Uh-huh
-Mm-hm. Thinking about The Alien Quadrology
Charlotte says, Oh yeah?
-Yeah
-Well, I am going to invite myself over for that
When do you want to start?
So Kid puts on his trainers
Charlotte says shit
didn't take off her shoes in his house
and Kid says that they are pretty relaxed
about that sort of thing
iii
Under her breath
Charlotte coaxes her old Morris
into town
is all
come on baby
you can do it
it's you and me
I love you baby
don't you worry about them
you can do it
and so on
The banger gets them there
takes them under the ground
Escalator takes them up
into mall air
iv
From Charlotte's
they go up The Drop
through the trees
Kid sees the grass growing back now
on that patch of ground
They put together feta and bread
tomatoes and olives
Kid puts his room into midday dark
loads Alien
they settle
Charlotte sprawled on his bed
Kid in the beanbag says, This is my place
Charlotte says, I get it
Kane
Brett
Dallas
Ash
Lambert
Parker
all dead
They stretch
movie stiffness
and silently clear away plates
Cold Dr Pepper in cans
and Aliens
Charlotte requests 'theatrical'
and says, It is my preference
Kid shrugs
loads it
then
Ripley drifting in space
Ripley's nightmares
Ripley freaks out regarding the synthetic
and Charlotte says, I have to wee
Aliens paused
and the sound of her urinating
Aliens unpaused
Ripley takes over
and
that is that
The sun comes around
comes in through the curtains
things warm up in there
with the window shut
against the road
Kid cooks spaghetti
while Charlotte peruses his stuff
Alien3 reconstructed edition
no question
Ripley grieves
shaves her head
she drops into molten lead
the end
They are quiet
Charlotte says, Do you think
she is stripped of her femininity
in that one?
Kid says, Stripped. Not of that
Skinny
vulnerable, exhausted
is how I would put it
The most beautiful Ripley
Kid clears away
Charlotte follows him down to the kitchen
Kid says, Push through?
Charlotte says, It would be unwise to stop
but I feel that an interlude is required
to establish some distance
and to exercise tired muscles
Kid says, Agreed. We could take the air
Charlotte says, Superb solution
They make a big loop
around the behind the school
Kid boils the kettle
makes instant coffee
then
Alien Resurrection
Charlotte shuffles around
gets out of her jeans
and under his duvet
they fall asleep
as the end crawl crawls
and then
it's Sunday
and birds are singing
v
Apples and bottled water
in his back pack
Kid at the end of the driveway
looks left
looks right
feels the pull
and goes right
into industrial estates
underpass
silent fair ground rides
and self-storage
that night dreams Charlotte
coming in through the open window
naked and wild
he comes inside her
and she jumps from the window
flies away
above the street lights
towards the refinery
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Bunraku
i Ikizukai
The technique of moving the shoulders of a puppet up and down
to express heart-rending sorrow
ii Ushiroburi
The technique of making a female doll cry
with its back turned to the audience
The technique of moving the shoulders of a puppet up and down
to express heart-rending sorrow
ii Ushiroburi
The technique of making a female doll cry
with its back turned to the audience
Monday, October 10, 2011
What Was In The Sky?
i
I put on Vangelis' ALBEDO 0.39
so into those albums from that time
but it's August and my room
catches the afternoon sun
have to have the windows open
or I'll suffocate
and Freefall, Mare Tranquilitatis, Sword of Orion
those gentle passages
get eaten up in the traffic noise
I get more and more wound up
turning up the sound
worrying what they'll think downstairs
Mum and Dad
about my weird music
and then SJ comes up
and I forget all about it
I hear her coming up weary
from her day out with Gretchen and Lois
and I take one look at her and say where is her hat
she is burned to shit
and I can't remember now
what she said had happened to the hat
the back seat she left it on or
the changing room of this or that shop
the wind in the park or the tube that took it
from her head faster than she could run
but I know I put her in a cool bath
covered her in thick lotion smelling of coconut
put her big naked body in my bed
and made her ham and mustard sandwiches
for a late supper
and I think there was cloudy lemonade in cans, yes
we had cloudy lemonade in cans
we are into morning sex
but we do it late that night
all that bathing and all the lotion
the hands-on
and we do with me on the bottom
because of her raw back
ii
She puts away my vinyl
reads off the sleeve
reads, Stereo records give full stereo reproduction
when played on a stereo record player
They can be played on most modern mono record players
fitted with a lightweight tone arm and pick-up head
and the sound reproduction will be monaural
If you have doubts and wish to avoid
damaging your equipment
or records consult your dealer
she says it again, Consult your dealer
iii
In my dream there is shouting
and I wake up and there is still shouting
someone outside on the street
shouting
and I get up and go to the window
and I look out
and the owner of the voice is down there
weaving about with a can in his hand
weaving about and looking at the sky
and shouting at the sky, too
shouting, I'm not afraid!
I'm not afraid of you!
I'm not fucking afraid of you!
I am not fucking afraid of you!
You think I'm afraid of you?
I am not fucking afraid of you!
I look up into the sky
but there is too much orange light to see anything much
and I want to close the window
but we will suffocate in there
iv
In the morning I am cold
where SJ isn't pressed up against me
I see her sunburn
and I remember the shouting
but I don't tell her about it
because she'd kill me
because there was something in the sky
and I left the window open
I put on Vangelis' ALBEDO 0.39
so into those albums from that time
but it's August and my room
catches the afternoon sun
have to have the windows open
or I'll suffocate
and Freefall, Mare Tranquilitatis, Sword of Orion
those gentle passages
get eaten up in the traffic noise
I get more and more wound up
turning up the sound
worrying what they'll think downstairs
Mum and Dad
about my weird music
and then SJ comes up
and I forget all about it
I hear her coming up weary
from her day out with Gretchen and Lois
and I take one look at her and say where is her hat
she is burned to shit
and I can't remember now
what she said had happened to the hat
the back seat she left it on or
the changing room of this or that shop
the wind in the park or the tube that took it
from her head faster than she could run
but I know I put her in a cool bath
covered her in thick lotion smelling of coconut
put her big naked body in my bed
and made her ham and mustard sandwiches
for a late supper
and I think there was cloudy lemonade in cans, yes
we had cloudy lemonade in cans
we are into morning sex
but we do it late that night
all that bathing and all the lotion
the hands-on
and we do with me on the bottom
because of her raw back
ii
She puts away my vinyl
reads off the sleeve
reads, Stereo records give full stereo reproduction
when played on a stereo record player
They can be played on most modern mono record players
fitted with a lightweight tone arm and pick-up head
and the sound reproduction will be monaural
If you have doubts and wish to avoid
damaging your equipment
or records consult your dealer
she says it again, Consult your dealer
iii
In my dream there is shouting
and I wake up and there is still shouting
someone outside on the street
shouting
and I get up and go to the window
and I look out
and the owner of the voice is down there
weaving about with a can in his hand
weaving about and looking at the sky
and shouting at the sky, too
shouting, I'm not afraid!
I'm not afraid of you!
I'm not fucking afraid of you!
I am not fucking afraid of you!
You think I'm afraid of you?
I am not fucking afraid of you!
I look up into the sky
but there is too much orange light to see anything much
and I want to close the window
but we will suffocate in there
iv
In the morning I am cold
where SJ isn't pressed up against me
I see her sunburn
and I remember the shouting
but I don't tell her about it
because she'd kill me
because there was something in the sky
and I left the window open
Friday, October 7, 2011
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Dust For Bones
got bitten
by a werehoover
in the lane
late
last week
blew my nose
got dried peas
glitter
Lego Obi-Wan's head
been looking everywhere for that
the curse is progressing
my bones
are turning to dust
one more loud noise
one more pot hole
on the way to work
and I'll desiccate
still
a saving on the cremation
by a werehoover
in the lane
late
last week
blew my nose
got dried peas
glitter
Lego Obi-Wan's head
been looking everywhere for that
the curse is progressing
my bones
are turning to dust
one more loud noise
one more pot hole
on the way to work
and I'll desiccate
still
a saving on the cremation
Monday, June 20, 2011
Jean Michel Jarre/Rendez-vous 1986
Seiko DS 250, Synthex, Moog
Roland JX 8P, ARP 2600
Fairlight, Emulator II
Eminent, AKS, Lynn 9000
Memory Moog, Drumulator, percussions, Les choeurs de Radio France
harpe laser
RMI, Seiko DS 320, OBX, DX 100, Matrisequencer
TR 808, Prophet, Casio CZ 5000
Baby Korg
saxophone
Roland JX 8P, ARP 2600
Fairlight, Emulator II
Eminent, AKS, Lynn 9000
Memory Moog, Drumulator, percussions, Les choeurs de Radio France
harpe laser
RMI, Seiko DS 320, OBX, DX 100, Matrisequencer
TR 808, Prophet, Casio CZ 5000
Baby Korg
saxophone
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Monday, June 13, 2011
we were on the floor
yesterday I lay on the floor and watched Jude transform Special Ops Jazz
we figured out the thing with the stereo speakers
how you clip them to the gun to make something bigger
and we were pretty happy about that
but mostly I just lay there on the floor and watched him
and that was the best thing I could have done
we figured out the thing with the stereo speakers
how you clip them to the gun to make something bigger
and we were pretty happy about that
but mostly I just lay there on the floor and watched him
and that was the best thing I could have done
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